An Exploration of Stress among Women Teachers Teaching at the Secondary School Level in Pulwama District of J & K. India

Abstract

The present study was carried out to assess the extent of stress faced by secondary school women teachers in government and private schools of district Pulwama. In the study a stratified random sampling technique was employed. The researcher stratified the sample of two hundred secondary school women teachers out of which hundred were teaching in Government schools and hundred were teaching in Private schools of district Pulwama. Dr. K. S. Mishra tool was used to measure stress among secondary school teachers. The tool consisted of 55 statements, distributed among four areas i.e. Individual, Home, School and Social in which stress was to be measured. Results: There is no significant difference between stress level of women teachers teaching in government and private secondary schools. There is no significant difference between stress level of women teachers teaching in  9th and 10th  classes at secondary level.